£500 is a nice sum of money for what will probably be an hour of your time.

No other industry in the world pays you so much for so little. Even the most revered private eyes in the USA get about $400-500 an hour, half as much for quite disgusting work, and just as illegal some of the things they do.

Ignore it if it bothers you that much.

and see nothing wrong with that, in itself [dons flameproof suit]. But there is *no* way I would offer money to a girl unless she made it *very* clear that that was her line of business and that she saw me as a potential customer. Being a fairly old fashioned sort, I'm happy to pay for meals, buy little gifts etc when dating, but that is because I enjoy doing so, and because I like the company I'm with. I don't expect anything in return afterwards. love in a realtionship with someone you respect and are in love with, is wonderful, and you can't buy that. love for money can also be good, but it is a whole different thing emotionally (or, rather, unemotionally). Pestering someone, be it with bunches of flowers or bunches of fivers, is just d@mnd rude and insensitive.

Bobajob.